reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.4-66-g0196afe1 git remote add android-common https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common git fetch --no-tags android-common android16-6.12 git checkout 9886b7e3cb79b18e35ee7d90cd06be999c0c90ff # save the config file mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 olddefconfig make W=1 C=1 CF='-fdiagnostic-prefix -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ -fmax-errors=unlimited -fmax-warnings=unlimited' O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/android/